Locum Consultant in Adult Cardiology

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals seeks a Locum Consultant Cardiologist specializing in valvular heart disease and echocardiography. The role involves delivering outpatient services and supporting advanced cardiac imaging procedures at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, leveraging the high-volume facilities and expert team available.

Qualifications

• Completed a recognised training programme in Cardiology.
• High level of experience in managing valvular heart disease.
• Experience performing transoesophageal echo.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 10 PAs of valvular heart disease outpatient services.
• Provide echocardiography support for structural cardiac procedures.
• Engage in multidisciplinary meetings and after-care for valve disease.

Skills

Clinical experience in Cardiovascular

Echocardiography

Valvular heart disease

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

CCT or equivalent

MRCP or equivalent

TOE and TTE accreditation (EACVI or equivalent)

Job description

Job summary

Weare looking for an individual to fill this replacement post within theCardiology Department at the Leeds General Infirmary.

Theechocardiography and valve service is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan togetherwith Dr Ananth Kidambi, Dr Kate Gatenby and Dr James ONeill. The purpose ofthis appointment is to continue core cardiology clinical activity followingdeparture, and support further expansion and innovation within of theechocardiography , support for the structural valve disease programme and valveservices.

Thesuccessful applicant must hold a CCST or equivalent, and have completed higherspecialist training (or equivalent).

Applicantsmust be eligible to apply for inclusion on the specialist register.

Applicantsshould have established skills in Cardiology and its related specialtiesincluding echocardiography and heart valve disease.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largestteaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertiseand medical technology. We care forpeople from all over the country as well as the 780k residents of Leeds. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15k staff ensures that every year wetreat 1,5m people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000-daycases, 125,000 in-patients, 200k A&E visits and 1m out-patientappointments. We operate from 7hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy, and cultureto be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Main duties of the job

Thisappointment will be based at the Leeds General Infirmary, one of the largestand most modern tertiary cardiac centres in the UK, serving a population ofover 3 million. There are 6 state of the art Cardiac Catheter laboratories,with over 2000 PCIs, including 24/7 primary PCI, over 900 invasiveelectrophysiology/cardiac ablations and in excess of 700 implantable deviceprocedures per annum, making the West Yorkshire Heart Centre one of the highestvolume units in the UK. The Valve clinic and interventional TAVI service is thelargest in the UK outside of London. In addition, ICC, advanced imaging,cardiac MRI, adult congenital cardiology, paediatric cardiology andinterventional paediatric cardiology, as well as adult and paediatric cardiacsurgical services, all complement each other within the same site.

Thedepartment consists of 2 inpatient wards (one acute admissions cardiologyward), a day case interventional ward, a day case seated suite, 6 lab cathetersuite and a 10 bed CCU.

Thepost is fixed term for 6 months starting as soon as possible, with options toextend if mutually agreed.

Furtherinformation and contact details can be found in the attached job description.

Prospectiveapplicants are encouraged to visit the department and are invited to contactany of the following persons:

DrAndrew Hogarth Clinical Director

DrDominik Schlosshan Lead Clinician

DrKate Gatenby Lead Clinician

MrsGina McGawley General Manager

01133925680

About us

Comeand join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing ourvision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great careand rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers inthe UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

AtCardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive,caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part ofwhat make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as wellas a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out whatthey see as important to how we work.Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This appointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary.

This is a 10 PA locum appointment for a Locum Consultant Cardiologist with a focus on valvular heart disease and echocardiography. Applicants with specialist interests in other elements of the cardiology service will be welcome to apply.

This post holder will flexibly deliver 10 PAs of valvular heart disease outpatient and echocardiography with up to 1.5 PAs negotiable for other specialist interests, if mutually agreed.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe. It serves tertiary population of 3 million across the West Yorkshire region. There is a team of 33 full or part time Consultant Cardiologists.

We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensures that every year we treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

The Cardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalities including Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CTCA) and is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan, clinical lead for cardiac imaging.

The Cardiac imaging department is supported by 10 imaging consultant cardiologists dedicated to cardiovascular imaging with a broad range of expertise.

The Cardiac Ultrasound department performs over 25000 transthoracic echocardiograms, including all specialty techniques such as 3D and strain imaging, more than 2,000 stress echos and in excess of 500 transoesophageal echos (TOE) and interventional TOE.

The department actively supports a tertiary heart valve disease service with pre procedure imaging and interventional TOE for trans-catheter and surgical valve intervention.

Leeds provides one of the largest valve services in the UK. It offers all streams of a heart valve centre of excellence including valve surveillance, assessment of complex valve disease, surgical and trans-catheter treatment of valve disease within a multidisciplinary team.

Leeds receives region wide referrals for valve disease management, collaborating with interventional colleagues, Cardiac Surgery and Valve teams

Leeds offers one of the largest trans-catheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) programs in the UK with > 500 TAVI implants annually. There is a growing mitral intervention program and Leeds is a commissioned regional centre for transcatheter edge to edge repair (TEER) performing around 50 TEER procedures annually.

There is also interventional TOE support for LAA closure, paravalvar leak closures, post MI ventricular septal defect closures, TAVI in MVR and percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC).

The department actively participates in valve multidisciplinary meetings, peri-operative TOE and after care in patients with valve disease. There is also a highly regarded congenital and adult congenital echo service that supports PFO and ASD closures

Leeds has a strong record of innovation and is involved in several multinational clinical trials in trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) and tricuspid valve replacement.

The CMR department is led by Prof Plein a BSCMR accredited CMR laboratories and performs over 2,500 clinical CMR scans covering all indications from congenital to stress CMR. The department uses two state of the art Philips MRI scanners (1.5 Ingenia and 3 Tesla Achieva) and a 3T Siemens scanner.

The Cardiac CT service is led by Radiology with Cardiology participation and uses a Siemens Force scanner performing over 1200 CT coronary angiograms and a large number of gated scans for interventional planning of structural interventions. CT images are analysed using a dedicated software (3Mensio).

There are active Teaching and Research links with the Leeds School of Medicine and the University of Leeds, both well situated on adjacent sites. The CMR research group has a world leading reputation for its clinical research including large single and multi-centre imaging trials and currently employs 8 clinical fellows.

The post is fixed term for 6 months starting as soon as possible, with options to extend if mutually agreed.

Job description
Job responsibilities

This appointment will be based at the West Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary.

This is a 10 PA locum appointment for a Locum Consultant Cardiologist with a focus on valvular heart disease and echocardiography. Applicants with specialist interests in other elements of the cardiology service will be welcome to apply.

This post holder will flexibly deliver 10 PAs of valvular heart disease outpatient and echocardiography with up to 1.5 PAs negotiable for other specialist interests, if mutually agreed.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe. It serves tertiary population of 3 million across the West Yorkshire region. There is a team of 33 full or part time Consultant Cardiologists.

We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensures that every year we treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

The Cardiac imaging department in Leeds offers all cardiac imaging modalities including Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR), Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CTCA) and is led by Dr Dominik Schlosshan, clinical lead for cardiac imaging.

The Cardiac imaging department is supported by 10 imaging consultant cardiologists dedicated to cardiovascular imaging with a broad range of expertise.

The Cardiac Ultrasound department performs over 25000 transthoracic echocardiograms, including all specialty techniques such as 3D and strain imaging, more than 2,000 stress echos and in excess of 500 transoesophageal echos (TOE) and interventional TOE.

The department actively supports a tertiary heart valve disease service with pre procedure imaging and interventional TOE for trans-catheter and surgical valve intervention.

Leeds provides one of the largest valve services in the UK. It offers all streams of a heart valve centre of excellence including valve surveillance, assessment of complex valve disease, surgical and trans-catheter treatment of valve disease within a multidisciplinary team.

Leeds receives region wide referrals for valve disease management, collaborating with interventional colleagues, Cardiac Surgery and Valve teams

Leeds offers one of the largest trans-catheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) programs in the UK with > 500 TAVI implants annually. There is a growing mitral intervention program and Leeds is a commissioned regional centre for transcatheter edge to edge repair (TEER) performing around 50 TEER procedures annually.

There is also interventional TOE support for LAA closure, paravalvar leak closures, post MI ventricular septal defect closures, TAVI in MVR and percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC).

The department actively participates in valve multidisciplinary meetings, peri-operative TOE and after care in patients with valve disease. There is also a highly regarded congenital and adult congenital echo service that supports PFO and ASD closures

Leeds has a strong record of innovation and is involved in several multinational clinical trials in trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) and tricuspid valve replacement.

The CMR department is led by Prof Plein a BSCMR accredited CMR laboratories and performs over 2,500 clinical CMR scans covering all indications from congenital to stress CMR. The department uses two state of the art Philips MRI scanners (1.5 Ingenia and 3 Tesla Achieva) and a 3T Siemens scanner.

The Cardiac CT service is led by Radiology with Cardiology participation and uses a Siemens Force scanner performing over 1200 CT coronary angiograms and a large number of gated scans for interventional planning of structural interventions. CT images are analysed using a dedicated software (3Mensio).

There are active Teaching and Research links with the Leeds School of Medicine and the University of Leeds, both well situated on adjacent sites. The CMR research group has a world leading reputation for its clinical research including large single and multi-centre imaging trials and currently employs 8 clinical fellows.

The post is fixed term for 6 months starting as soon as possible, with options to extend if mutually agreed.

Person Specification

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

• Should have completed a recognised training programme in Cardiology
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in management and assessment of valvular heart disease.
• Experience of performing transoseophageal echo to support structural cardaic prodeures, including experience of mTEER, tTEER, valvuloplasty, TAVI in mitral, LAA occlusion device

Desirable

• Working towards accreditation in CT and cardiac MRI

Qualifications

Essential

• CCT or equivalent with elligibility to join specialist register
• MRCP or equivalent
• Must have TOE and TTE accreditation (EACVI or equivalent)

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• Effective interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff

Person Specification
Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

• Should have completed a recognised training programme in Cardiology
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in management and assessment of valvular heart disease.
• Experience of performing transoseophageal echo to support structural cardaic prodeures, including experience of mTEER, tTEER, valvuloplasty, TAVI in mitral, LAA occlusion device

Desirable

• Working towards accreditation in CT and cardiac MRI

Qualifications

Essential

• CCT or equivalent with elligibility to join specialist register
• MRCP or equivalent
• Must have TOE and TTE accreditation (EACVI or equivalent)

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• Effective interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

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